IWWG Literary Contest

This random selection is from Poets and Writers, https://www.pw.org/grants?page=1. Go back to this URL for more. They’ll be there. Note that these organizations give significant cash prizes for minimal fees.

PRISM

Creative Nonfiction ContestCash Prize: $1,500Entry Fee: $40Application Deadline: 7/15/18Genre:Creative NonfictionA prize of $1,500 CAD (approximately $1,170) and publication in PRISM is given annually for an essay. Using the online submission system, submit an essay of up to 6,...read more

Emrys Press

Poetry Chapbook ContestCash Prize: $1,000Entry Fee: $25Application Deadline: 7/15/18Genre:PoetryA prize of $1,000 and publication by Emrys Press is given annually for a poetry chapbook. The winner will also receive a weeklong residency at the Rensing Center near.read more

The Story Prize

The Story PrizeCash Prize: $20,000Entry Fee: $75Application Deadline: 7/15/18Genre:FictionA prize of $20,000 is given annually to honor a short story collection written in English and published in the United States in the previous year. Two runners-up receive $5,000...read more

The Word Works

Tenth Gate PrizeCash Prize: $1,000Entry Fee: $25Application Deadline: 7/15/18Genre:PoetryA prize of $1,000 and publication by the Word Works is given annually for a poetry collection by a poet who has published at least two full-length books of poetry. Leslie...read more

Sixfold

Short Story and Poetry AwardsCash Prize: $1,000Entry Fee: $5Application Deadline: 7/24/18Genre:Poetry, FictionTwo prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Sixfold are given quarterly for a group of poems and a short story. Using the online submission system, submit up to five...read more

Hidden River Arts

Hawk Mountain Short StoryCash Prize: $1,000Entry Fee: $22Application Deadline: 7/30/18Genre:FictionA prize of $1,000 and publication by Hidden River Press will be given annually for a story collection. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of any length...read more

Red Hen Press

Novella AwardCash Prize: $1,000Entry Fee: $25Application Deadline: 7/31/18Genre:FictionA prize of $1,000 and publication by Red Hen Press will be given annually for a novella. Kate Gale will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 15,000...read more

Grayson Books

Poetry PrizeCash Prize: $1,000Entry Fee: $25Application Deadline: 8/15/18Genre:PoetryA prize of $1,000 and publication by Grayson Books is given annually for a poetry collection. Patrick Donnelly will judge. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages with a $25...read more

University of New Orleans Press

Publishing Lab PrizeCash Prize: $1,000Entry Fee: $18Application Deadline: 8/15/18Genre:FictionA prize of $1,000 and publication by University of New Orleans Press is given annually for a short story collection or a novel. Using the online submission system, submit a...read more

PRISM

Creative Nonfiction ContestCash Prize: $1,500Entry Fee: $40Application Deadline: 7/15/18Genre:Creative NonfictionA prize of $1,500 CAD (approximately $1,170) and publication in PRISM is given annually for an essay. Using the online submission system, submit an essay of up to 6,...read more

Indiana Review

"1/2 K" PrizeCash Prize: $1,000Entry Fee: $20Application Deadline: 8/15/18Genre:Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionA prize of $1,000 and publication in Indiana Review is given annually for a poem or a work of flash fiction or creative nonfiction. Bryan Borland and Seth Pennington...read more

Omnidawn Publishing

Single Poem Broadside Poetry PrizeCash Prize: $1,000Entry Fee: $10Application Deadline: 8/20/18Genre:PoetryA prize of $1,000 and publication in OmniVerse, Omnidawn Publishing’s online journal, is given annually for a poem. The winner also receives 50 copies of a letterpress...

Glimmer Train Press

Very Short Fiction AwardCash Prize: $2,000Entry Fee: $16Application Deadline: 8/31/18Genre:FictionA prize of $2,000 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given twice yearly for a short short story. Using the online submission system, submit a story of 300 to...read more

Aesthetica

Creative Writing AwardCash Prize: $1,290Entry Fee: $15Application Deadline: 8/31/18Genre:Poetry, FictionTwo prizes of £1,000 (approximately $1,290) each and publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual are given annually for a poem and a short story. The...read more